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The Pressley Girls were just one of several groups to perform at Saturday’s festival. Photo by Art Miller/amiller@grahamstar.com

The Pressley Girls were just one of several groups to perform at Saturday’s festival. Photo by Art Miller/amiller@grahamstar.com

Mountain life highlighted

Robbi Pounds
Thursday, October 24, 2019
Stecoah – In spite of threatening skies, the 23rd annual Stecoah Valley Cultural Arts Center’s Fall Harvest Festival, ranked by the Southeast Tourism Society as one of the Top 20 Events of 2019, turned the 10-acre Stecoah campus into a two-day “quintessential showcase of traditional mountain life.
Katie McCracian, Sydney Adams, Cody Crisp and Ella Atwell (from left) show off the clay artwork they created at last week’s Arrowmont Program, held at the Stecoah Valley Cultural Arts Center. Photo by Art Miller/amiller@grahamstar.com

Katie McCracian, Sydney Adams, Cody Crisp and Ella Atwell (from left) show off the clay artwork they created at last week’s Arrowmont Program, held at the Stecoah Valley Cultural Arts Center. Photo by Art Miller/amiller@grahamstar.com

Students learn arts and crafts

News Staff
Thursday, October 10, 2019
Stecoah – The Stecoah Valley Cultural Arts Center hosted a week-long Arrowmont ArtReach-on-the-Road program which gave more than 340 students from Graham and Swain counties the chance to spend a day studying traditional Appalachian arts and crafts in a studio setting.
The Jones Brothers will be performing at the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown on Friday, Sept. 27. Pictured from left are Betsy Blankenship, Johnathan and Joshua Jones, Larry Garrett.

The Jones Brothers will be performing at the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown on Friday, Sept. 27. Pictured from left are Betsy Blankenship, Johnathan and Joshua Jones, Larry Garrett.

Jones Brothers Performing at Folk School

News Staff
Friday, September 20, 2019
Brasstown – The Jones Brothers will perform a Friday night concert at the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, N.C. at 7 p.m. on September 27. The show will be held in the Keith House. Admission is free, but donations are appreciated.
World War II veteran Mel Greene joined Ladies for Liberty (from left) Wanda R. Martin, Deanna Hampton, Nancy Cheak on-stage at the Stecoah Valley Center on Sunday. Photos by Art Miller/amiller@grahamstar.com

World War II veteran Mel Greene joined Ladies for Liberty (from left) Wanda R. Martin, Deanna Hampton, Nancy Cheak on-stage at the Stecoah Valley Center on Sunday. Photos by Art Miller/amiller@grahamstar.com

Ladies for Liberty visit Stecoah

Robbi Pounds
Thursday, September 19, 2019
Stecoah – Ladies for Liberty, a singing group specializing in nostalgic and patriotic tunes, visited the Stecoah Valley Cultural Arts Center on Sunday at the behest of Mel Greene, past president of the 82nd Airborne Division.